Overview
- The Metropolitan Police said the 74-year-old was held on suspicion of a public order offence for displaying the phrase and taken to Sutton police station.
- Officers reported 15 arrests from the policing operation, including 13 linked to the Palestine Coalition march, one from a counter‑protest and one unrelated case.
- Two people were arrested on suspicion of supporting the proscribed group Palestine Action after carrying a banner reading “we are all Palestine Action.”
- A witness who accompanied Tatchell said he was manhandled by multiple officers and that police cited Section 5 of the Public Order Act.
- Tatchell and his foundation called the move an attack on free speech, while Jewish groups endorsed firm enforcement under the policy adopted in December to target the slogan.